Florida..... 'Nuff Said

[mdgv2]

Well, coke does give one an appetite.

Allegedly.

[easye]

Seawater temperatures in Florida at hot tub levels, experts warn

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66314074

Seawater along the tip of Florida has exceeded hot tub temperatures of 37.8C (100F) in recent days, making it potentially the hottest ever measured.

A buoy in Manatee Bay registered triple-digit readings on Sunday and Monday, while buoys in two other places also nearly reached that mark.

The highest ocean surface temperature ever recorded, albeit unofficially, was 37.6C (99.7F) in Kuwait Bay in 2020.

The warming waters threaten marine life and ocean ecosystems like coral reefs.

I wonder what this will mean for Hurricane season?

[easye]

What!!!!!


Central Florida is a hotspot for leprosy, report says

www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/health/leprosy-central-florida/index.html

When a 54-year-old landscaper came into an Orlando dermatology clinic with a splotchy, painful rash, Dr. Rajiv Nathoo took five or six biopsies. The rash was spreading from the man’s limbs to his face, but previous doctors had been stumped by what was causing it.

The biopsy results confirmed Nathoo’s hunch, a diagnosis he described as something “you read in your textbooks”: leprosy.

However, the man didn’t have the obvious risk factors that most doctors would expect with the hard-to-catch infection. So after noticing a cluster of other cases in the area, Nathoo, a dermatologist and complex clinic director for Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Clinics in Orlando, began to suspect that Central Florida could be an unexpected leprosy hotbed.

[herzlos]

And I thought Florida only wanted to back to the Dark Ages politically. Re-discovering leprosy is certainly one for the 2023 bingo.

[easye]

As I suspected would happen, the Great Bard gets caught up in Florida's silly laws.....

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws

www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192767641/shakespeare-florida-excerpts-dont-say-gay

ORLANDO, Fla. — Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides developed, in part, to take into consideration the state's "Don't Say Gay" laws.

The changes to the Hillsborough County Public Schools' curriculum guides were made with Florida's new laws prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in mind. Other reasons included revised state standards and an effort to get students to read a wide variety of books for new state exams, the school district said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.

Several Shakespeare plays use suggestive puns and innuendo, and it is implied that the protagonists have had premarital sex in "Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare's books will be available for checkout at media centers at schools, said the district, which covers the Tampa area.

[skyth]

So DeSantis fired another Democratically elected DA after the courts said he didn't have the right to fire the previous one he fired. The replacement had a staffer on FMLA fired for not working during their FMLA after asking them to do something that they didn't even have the ability to do even if they weren't on FMLA.

www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-suspends-worrell-leadership-fires-173600496.html

[easye]

www.npr.org/2023/08/28/1196297077/idalia-gas-contamination-diesel-florida-citgo

Tropical Storm Idalia: Cars may stop working mid-evacuation due to fuel contamination

A "potentially widespread" fuel contamination at gas stations along Florida's Gulf Coast could cause car engines and power generators to stop working just as Tropical Storm Idalia approaches the area.

The contamination was caused by "human error" at the Port of Tampa, according to a news alert from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

The affected gasoline and diesel, supplied by Citgo, may have been sold at nearly 30 stations after 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, mostly along the Florida coast from the Tampa Bay region to Fort Myers.

Using the fuel could cause engine damage or stop a vehicle or generator from operating entirely, FDACS warned.

WTF?

[easye]

41-year-old woman found dead after Florida alligator is spotted with a body in its mouth

www.cnn.com/2023/09/24/us/florida-alligator-killed-woman-in-mouth/index.html

Florida authorities have identified the woman found dead after an alligator was seen with a body in its mouth.

Authorities responded to a call in Largo, in the Tampa Bay area, about a gator in the water about 1:50 p.m. on Friday.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday identified the victim as Sabrina Peckham, 41.

A witness, JaMarcus Bullard, told CNN affiliate Spectrum News 13 he earlier saw an alligator with a body its mouth.

“I could tell there was a body in his mouth, so I started recording,” Bullard said.

Officials humanely killed In the the 13-foot, 8.5-inch male, according to the sheriff’s office and Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Alligators have been spotted in the area before, but resident Jennifer Dean told Spectrum News 13 that she had never seen one this large.

“A lot of my neighbors were out here and they’re the ones that told me about the gator,” Dean said. “While we were standing here we heard a shot. I assume they killed the gator.”

[easye]

Not sure if this is a Florida story or a Republican story.....

www.npr.org/2023/12/17/1219903018/florida-republicans-ziegler-suspended

Florida GOP suspends chairman and demands his resignation amid rape investigation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Republican Party of Florida suspended Chairman Christian Ziegler and demanded his resignation during an emergency meeting Sunday, adding to calls by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top officials for him to step down as police investigate a rape accusation against him.

Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship, according to police records.

"Christian Ziegler has engaged in conduct that renders him unfit for the office," the party's motion to censure Ziegler said, according to a document posted on the social media platform X by Lee County GOP Chairman Michael Thomason.

[bobtheinquisitor]

A founding member of Moms for Liberty having bisexual threesomes with another woman… Should have seen that coming. It was almost too obvious.


So, is she a grifter or one of those “when I do it it’s okay” zealots?

[Hordini]

Does it have to be one or the other?

[bobtheinquisitor]

She’s playing a big part in Florida’s book band and anti-LGBT movement, so there’s got to be something going on. The rank hypocrisy on top of that…what do you think is the explanation for people who live such a public and harmful lie?

[Disciple of Fate]

Republicans don't believe in hypocrisy, they believe in a two tiered system. The only reason he is being pressed to resign is that he isn't big enough to be protected by their base.

[easye]

Measles outbreak

www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/health/florida-measles-outbreak/index.html

I guess it is better than Leprosy?

[Haighus]

Feb 28, 2024 12:59:37 GMT -5 easye said:

Measles outbreak

www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/health/florida-measles-outbreak/index.html

I guess it is better than Leprosy?

Leprosy is treatable with antibiotics and spreads slowly. I'd say measles is worse as it kills 1/1000 and disables about 1/100 with no treatment available once infected. It is also one of the most infectious diseases known to mankind (which is why outbreaks form with only a small drop in vaccination cover).